I talked to a local sign shop awhile back that uses vinyl cutters, and they said there is no way to reproduce text as small as needed for a MOTM panel. The smallest text they could do was 1/2" tall. I'm currently working on an economical true silkscreening solution for the DIYers amongst us. Dave Bradley Principal Software Engineer Engineering Animation, Inc. daveb@... > -----Original Message----- > From: jwbarlow@... [mailto:jwbarlow@...] > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 10:47 AM > To: motm@egroups.com > Subject: Re: [motm] Decal/ was: MOTM as billboard > > > > In a message dated 4/12/2000 8:05:19 AM, ken.tkacs@... writes: > > >The idea of a sheet with all that stuff on it is pretty cool... I don't > >know > >at what level of detail the cutter can get down to as a practical matter, > >though. But they would be sharp and long-wearing. > > Yeah, the single sheet idea (which I stole from Serge T. -- > obvious why one > would do this given the state of graphics in the early eighties > and the cost > of color reproductions) is a pretty good, "one size fits all," solution. > > My thought being, the method that cuts the "Fender" logo for the > decals that > go on the machine heads of their guitars, could easily cut decals > for dial > indicators and the like. Unfortunately, no one I've talked to > seems to know > how those decals are made. > > >I wonder what Gerber Scientific is getting for one of those cutters. It > >just > >hooked to a parallel port like a printer. > > Might not be too cheap if there's no market. > JB > BTW, Steve, I think a lot of people are buying blanks to do their > own custom > front panels or multiples. Hence, our interest in getting similar > MOTM style > panel markings. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > GET WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE FREE! GET THE OFFICIAL COMPANION > TO TELEVISION'S HOTTEST GAME SHOW PHENOMENON PLUS 5 MORE BOOKS FOR > $2. Click for details. > http://click.egroups.com/1/3014/3/_/529958/_/955554437/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >
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RE: [motm] Decal/ was: MOTM as billboard
2000-04-12 by Dave Bradley
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